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RSS cookieAnalysis of GS Protections in Microsoft Windows Vista
White Paper This paper also measured the randomness of the GS cookies and the effect of Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) on the placement of the master cookie. The Microsoft Visual Studio compiler supports a Buffer Security Check (GS) option to... [20 Jun 2007]
"Everything's A-OK" With Sesame Workshop's 10+-Terabyte Storage Solution from Hitachi and Nexsan
White Paper Sesame Street is the landmark educational show that introduced the world's children to Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch and Cookie Monster. Sesame Workshop required a solution for effectively mining and accessing content so that it could be repurposed... [11 Apr 2007]
Google has data-retention change of heart
News Under the new policy, which it expects to have fully implemented by the end of the year, the company will make the final eight bits of the IP address and the cookie data anonymous after somewhere between 18 and 24 months, unless legally required... [15 Mar 2007]
Firefox update plugs cookie flaw
News The location.hostname vulnerability Schroepfer referred to was the Firefox cookie flaw discovered by Michal Zalewski, an "ethical hacker" from Poland. Mozilla has released updates to its Firefox browser and Thunderbird email client for Mac, Linux... [26 Feb 2007]
More flaws: Bugs hit Firefox, IE
News In addition, another Firefox flaw could let attackers change cookie files on the user's PC, he said. One is similar to the IE problem, while the other could let miscreants change cookie files stored on a PC running the vulnerable browser. [19 Feb 2007]
Google slams the door on XSS flaw
News Ruscoe was able to prove he could have used code to steal a user's Google cookie and access their Google services. The second vulnerability, reported by Lensson, would also have enabled a hacker to use JavaScript code to pass cookie data to an... [17 Jan 2007]
The Semantic Web as a Semantic Soup
White Paper The proposed technique, dubbed Semantic Cookies, will be implemented by storing a user's RDF in a cookie on their own computer through the browser. The Semantic Web is currently best known for adding metadata to web pages to allow computers to... [23 Feb 2006]
sanrise Chooses StorageTek L700 Library for Its Best-of-Breed Solution
White Paper The concept for storagecel, sanrise's SAN offering and service delivery vehicle, was to build a best-of-breed solution and deploy it in "cookie cutter" fashion in multiple data centers. sanrise was founded to be a managed storage solutions provider... [02 Jan 2006]
MSDN Webcast: Essential ASP.NET for the Web Developer (Part 7 of 15): Membership (Level 200)
White Paper The webcast begins with how to implement cookie-based authentication for sites using the new security controls and the site administration tool. This webcast shows the new membership features of Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0. [13 Oct 2005]
Cookies and Privacy
White Paper Even though most people know that cookies are used on the Internet, most do not understand what a cookie is or in what form it might present a threat to their privacy. Cookies (the Internet variety, anyway) have generated a lot of concern among... [01 Sep 2005]
Google Uni deal raises privacy fear
News Smith, who runs the computerbytesman.com website, said: "Because of cookie tracking at Google, what's being done with that information is a question. A contract between Google and the University of Michigan released publicly on Friday contains no... [20 Jun 2005]
Firefox open to exploit code attacks
News Thomas Kristensen, Secunia's chief technology officer, said: "If you visit a malicious website, it can steal cookie information from other websites you have previously visited. Two vulnerabilities in the popular Firefox browser have been rated... [10 May 2005]
Spyware infiltrates the ad industry
News Clive Longbottom, an analyst at Quocirca, said: "A cookie on its own won't do it, but combined with spyware it is [dangerous]. Spyware writers are generating $2bn (£1bn) of revenue annually after capturing 25 per cent of the online advertising... [04 May 2005]
Google finally arrives at query history party
News Still, the new Google account will tap into the cookie already associated with an individual's computer, which could make previously anonymous searching part of a broader search profile. Google is offering people custom accounts to search over... [21 Apr 2005]
Automated Cookie Analysis: Are Your Web Applications Vulnerable?
White Paper This paper examines a series of mathematical and theoretical attacks against Web applications that use cookies, and discusses the feasibility of automating the process and exploiting any weaknesses detected. [20 Feb 2005]
